Monday, 30 June 2008

Herzog and de Meuron’s Spectacular Portsmouth Stadium



Some stunning pictures recently surfaced of Herzog and De Meuron’s latest oeuvre, a £600 million soccer stadium to be constructed in Portsmouth, England. In keeping with their Beijing Bird’s Nest, the venerable Swiss architects have created a striking 36,000 seat stadium that will include an exhibition center, housing, and a park. Envisioned as a shining waterfront beacon, the development will revitalize Horsea Island (a former landfill site) via an abundance of green spaces, a sustainable energy program, and a low-carbon emission scheme.

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next gene 20 promotion by squint opera



Below is a promotional video for a housing exposition in Taiwan by Squint Opera. 20 progressive modern houses will be built and open for touring, and an exhibition of the designs will tour the world. It's a great video presentation created by using a theme of an action movie.



Further info visit link below:
next gene 20 by squint opera

Via materialicious

Monday, 23 June 2008

Charlie Rose + Daniel Libeskind

Daniel Libeskind speaking to Charlie Rose:

Sunday, 22 June 2008

Autodesk gives away FREE Video Camera!

The AutoCAD team wants to see and hear your stories! They’re giving away FREE Flip Video Cameras to selected people that have an AutoCAD story to tell. In return, they are just asking you to send them a couple of minutes of video (using your new camera) showing them your AutoCAD story. What kind of story? That’s up to you. Mostly, they want to hear how AutoCAD has changed your life, see some cool projects you designed with AutoCAD…that sort of thing. Be funny, be creative, or be inspiring. But mostly, just be you.

To request a camera, just send a note to autocad.video@autodesk.com. Be sure to include an overview of who you are, what you do, and a description of what you’d show in your video.

To read more click here and here.

Via Cad-a-blog

Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Dynamic Architecture to begin construction in Dubai



Dubai has garnered much attention in recent years with a never-ending supply of architectural wonders being built, or proposed, at a head spinning pace. Mostly these towering structures are grand and tall, but some are also green. We’ve covered many an ambitious Dubai skyscraper scheme here at Inhabitat, including David Fisher’s Rotating Tower, but there is new news from Fisher’s Dynamic Architecture firm. This self-sufficient, sun and wind powered design is making headlines once again as the Italian-Israeli architect has just unveiled the latest design for his twirling tower, and construction is set to begin this month!

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7 Modern Wonders of Green Technology: Conceptual and Actual Ecological Designs of the Future


Green architecture comes in many forms though lately it seems like these forms are stranger than ever. Urban skyscraper farms, Floating eco-cities, Glowing solar towers, Turbine-driven skyscrapers, Magnetically levitated wind collectors, Where does it end?! With all of these emerging green technologies it seemed an appropriate time to take a look at seven of the most amazing real and conceptual designs currently at the forefront of ecological innovation. These examples push the limits of ecological architecture and contemporary urban design discourse.

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Via CGArchitect

Thursday, 5 June 2008

Have you Seen CADoogle?


You can search and view DWF files on the web all without installing a single application. 2D or 3D does not matter as CADoogle uses Autodesk Freewheel to display the views of DWF files in any Java supporting browser.

http://www.cadoogle.com/